## Sforno on Numbers Chapter 5

###### Sforno on Numbers 5:6:1
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**לִמְעֹל מַעַל בַּה׳.** כְּבָר בֵּאֵר הַקַּבָּלָה שֶׁזֶּה נֶאֱמַר עַל גֵּזֶל הַגֵּר, כִּי אָמְנָם הַגּוֹזֵל אוֹתוֹ מְחַלֵּל שֵׁם אֱלֹהָיו בְּעֵינֵי הַגֵּר אֲשֶׁר בָּא לַחֲסוֹת תַּחַת כְּנָפָיו, וְלָכֵן יִקָּרֵא מוֹעֵל בַּקֹּדֶשׁ וְחַיָּב אָשָׁם כְּמִשְׁפַּט כָּל מוֹעֵל בּוֹ.

**Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash:**
'למעול מעל בה, our traditional sources already told us that the subject is robbery from a proselyte who dies intestate before the robber confessed and made restitution. The robber had committed an act of desecrating the name of G’d in the eyes of the proselyte who must be appalled that a natural born Jew could be guilty of such a deed. This is why the sin of the robber in this verse is described as a “transgression against something sacred.”


###### Sforno on Numbers 5:8:1
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**הַמּוּשָׁב לַה׳.** כִּי כְּשֶׁאֵין הַבְּעָלִים קַיָּמִים, רָאוּי לְהָשִׁיב הַגָּזֵל לְבַעֲלֵי בְעָלָיו, וְהוּא הָאֵל יִתְבָּרַךְ, כְּעִנְיָן שֶׁאָמְרוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ זִכְרוֹנָם לִבְרָכָה (בבא מציעא פרק המפקיד): ״מֵת הָעֶבֶד, יַחֲזִיר לָרַבּוֹ״.

**Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash:**
'המושב לה, when the original owner of the stolen property no longer exists, it is proper to make restitution to the “boss” of the person from whom it has been taken, his “boss” being none other than G’d. [The author considers any property owned by any one on earth as only “on loan” from the real owner, from G’d. Ed.] Our sages phrase this as “when the servant dies he has to return it to the master.” (Baba Batra 51)


###### Sforno on Numbers 5:9:1
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**וְכָל תְּרוּמָה.** כְּבָר בָּאָה הַקַּבָּלָה שֶׁהַתְּרוּמָה הָאֲמוּרָה בָּזֶה הַמָּקוֹם הִיא הַבִּכּוּרִים הַנִּקְרָבִים לָאֵל יִתְבָּרַךְ, כְּמוֹ שֶׁמִּנְהָג לְהַקְרִיב בִּכּוּרִים לְבַעַל הַקַּרְקַע, כְּאָמְרוֹ ״הִגַּדְתִּי הַיּוֹם לַה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ כִּי בָאתִי אֶל הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּע ה׳״ (דברים כו:ג). וְאָמַר כָּאן שֶׁכְּמוֹ שֶׁגֵּזֶל הַגֵּר הַמּוּשָׁב לַה׳ הוּא נוֹתְנוֹ לַכֹּהֵן שֶׁל מִשְׁמָר, כְּמוֹ כֵן הַבִּכּוּרִים הַנִּקְרָבִים לָאֵל יִתְבָּרַךְ הוּא נוֹתְנָם לַכֹּהֵן שֶׁל מִשְׁמָר.

**Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash:**
וכל תרומה, according to Sifrey 5 the t’rumah of which the Torah speaks here are the first fruit which have to be offered to G’d, as it is customary for the owner of fields or orchards to present these first fruit of each year’s produce (seven species) and to recite the appropriate benediction when presenting same in the Temple. (compare Deuteronomy 26,3). Here the Torah tells us that just as property stolen from a proselyte who died intestate, which was described as “being returned to G’d,” winds up in the hands of the priest, i.e. G’d’s agent, so the bikkurim, the farmer’s gift to G’d has also been assigned by G’d to the priest of the respective roster on His behalf.


###### Sforno on Numbers 5:10:1
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**וְאִישׁ אֶת קֳדָשָׁיו לוֹ יִהְיוּ.** אֲבָל שְׁאָר קֳדָשִׁים וְהֵם תְּרוּמוֹת וּמַעַשְׂרוֹת, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁהֵם מֻקְדָּשִׁים לַה׳, אֵינָם לְשׁוּם כֹּהֵן מְיֻחָד, אֶלָּא לְאוֹתוֹ כֹּהֵן שֶׁיִּתְּנוּם אֵלָיו הַבְּעָלִים.

**Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash:**
ואיש את קדשיו לו יהיו, however other kinds of “holy” gifts, namely ordinary tithes and trumot, may be given by the owner to whichever Levite or priest he chooses, not necessarily the priest officiating in the Temple at the time the gift is presented.


###### Sforno on Numbers 5:10:2
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**אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר יִתֵּן לַכֹּהֵן.** אֲבָל כְּשֶׁהָאֶחָד מֵהַבְּעָלִים יִתֵּן לַכֹּהֵן אֵיזֶה קֹדֶׁש, לֹא יִהְיֶה עוֹד בִּכְלַל קֳדָשָׁיו, אֲבָל לוֹ יִהְיֶה לַכֹּהֵן הַמְקַבֵּל, וְלֹא יוּכְלוּ הַבְּעָלִים וְלֹא שְׁאָר הַכֹּהֲנִים לְהַפְקִיעוֹ מִמֶּנּוּ.

**Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash:**
איש אשר יתן לכהן, once the owner has given “his” holy portion to the priest it becomes secular, mundane, not encumbered with any restrictions. Rather, לו יהיה, it is exclusively “his,” neither the previous owners nor other priests can legally deprive him of it.


###### Sforno on Numbers 5:12:1
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**כִּי תִשְׂטֶה אִשְׁתּוֹ.** תִּשְׂטֶה מִדַּרְכֵי צְנִיעוּת.

**Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash:**
כי תשטה אשתו, she deviates from the path of chastity.


###### Sforno on Numbers 5:12:2
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**וּמָעֲלָה בוֹ מָעַל.** חִלְּלָה אֶת קֹדֶשׁ ה׳ אֲשֶׁר אָהֵב בְּקִדּוּשֵׁי הָאִישׁוּת, בְּחִבּוּק וְנִשּׁוּק זוּלַת אִישָׁהּ וְדוֹמֵיהֶם (מלאכי ב:יא).

**Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash:**
ומעלה בו מעל, she has profaned what is holy to G’d, that which He loves, marital union, by embracing and kissing someone other than her husband. (compare Maleachi 2,11)


###### Sforno on Numbers 5:13:1
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**וְשָׁכַב אִישׁ אֹתָהּ.** שֶׁכֵּן דַּרְכּוֹ שֶׁל יֵצֶר הָרָע לָצֵאת מֵרָעָה אֶל רָעָה.

**Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash:**
ושכב איש אותה, and another man has lain with her It is characteristic of the evil urge to cause the sinner to proceed from a relatively mild sin to ever more serious sins.


###### Sforno on Numbers 5:13:2
[Sforno on Numbers 5:13:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sforno%20on%20Numbers/r/5:13:2)

**וְנֶעְלַם מֵעֵינֵי אִישָׁהּ.** אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁקָּדְמוּ כָּל אֵלֶּה, יִקָּרֶה שֶׁיִּהְיֶה הַדָּבָר נֶעְלָם מֵעֵינֵי אִישָׁהּ, כְּאִלּוּ תִכְהֶינָה עֵינָיו מֵרְאוֹת. שֶׁאִם הָיָה יוֹדֵעַ וְשׁוֹתֵק, לֹא הָיוּ הַמַּיִם בּוֹדְקִין אֶת הָאִשָּׁה כְּלָל, כְּמוֹ שֶׁבֵּאֲרוּ זִכְרוֹנָם לִבְרָכָה (ספרי ז).

**Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash:**
ונעלם מעיני אישה, even though there had been indications of mistrust, jealousy, etc., her latest indiscretion remained hidden from the eyes of her husband. It is as if his eyes had been too weak to see what was going on. Had her husband been aware of her infidelity, the waters would not even have the power to bring this to light. Our sages have made this quite clear (Sifrey 7).


###### Sforno on Numbers 5:13:3
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**וְנִסְתְּרָה.** אַחַר כָּל אֵלֶּה וְנוֹדַע זֶה לְאִישָׁהּ.

**Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash:**
ונסתרה, she had subsequently hidden, and this fact had become known to her husband.


###### Sforno on Numbers 5:14:1
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**וְעָבַר עָלָיו רוּחַ קִנְאָה.** רוּחַ טָהֳרָה לְהַתְרוֹת בָּהּ, מֵאַחַר שֶׁיָּדַע שֶׁשָּׂטְתָה מִדַּרְכֵי צְנִיעוּת.

**Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash:**
ועבר עליו רוח קנאה, a pure spirit, his wanting to reprimand her after he was aware that she had behaved unchastely.


###### Sforno on Numbers 5:14:2
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**וְקִנֵּא אֶת אִשְׁתּוֹ.** הִתְרָה בָּהּ וְאָמַר: אַל תִּסָּתְרִי עִם אִישׁ פְּלוֹנִי.

**Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash:**
וקנא את אשתו, he warned her and told her not to seclude herself with the man who was suspected as her lover. Or,


###### Sforno on Numbers 5:14:3
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**אוֹ עָבַר עָלָיו רוּחַ קִנְאָה.** רוּחַ שְׁטוּת בִּלְתִּי סִבָּה רְאוּיָה שֶׁיְּקַנֵּא.

**Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash:**
עבר עליו רוח קנאה, a foolish fit of jealousy, not based on any cause for suspecting her,


###### Sforno on Numbers 5:14:4
[Sforno on Numbers 5:14:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sforno%20on%20Numbers/r/5:14:4)

**וְהִיא לֹא נִטְמָאָה.** אֲבָל אִם עָבְרָה עַל הַתְרָאָתוֹ וְנִסְתְּרָה, אַף עַל פִּי כֵן.

**Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash:**
והיא לא נטמאה, and she had not become defiled at all; nonetheless she disregarded her husband’s warning and secluded herself with another man. In spite of this, והביא האיש את אשתו, we do not say that seeing that her husband had sat by silently while his wife had behaved unchastely, accusing her in his heart without saying a word, that this is proof of the husband’s bad attitude and we should therefore ignore his jealousy seeing he had allowed matters to get to the point where she had slept with another man; neither do we ignore his jealousy if she had not given him cause as something not worth paying attention to. We still subject her to the destruction (erasing) of the name of G’d (in the procedure the Torah will presently describe) in order to reveal the truth.


###### Sforno on Numbers 5:15:1
[Sforno on Numbers 5:15:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sforno%20on%20Numbers/r/5:15:1)

**וְהֵבִיא הָאִישׁ אֶת אִשְׁתּוֹ.** וְלֹא נֶאֱמַר מֵאַחַר שֶׁבְּכָל זֶה שֶׁשָּׁטְתָה אִשְׁתּוֹ מִדַּרְכֵי הַצְּנִיעוּת וּמָעֲלָה בוֹ מַעַל יָשַׁב וְדָמַם, אֵין זֶה כִּי אִם רֹעַ לֵב, וְאַף עַל פִּי שֶׁנֶּעְלַם מֵעֵינָיו שֶׁשָּׁכַב אִישׁ אוֹתָהּ, לֹא נָחוּשׁ לְקִנְאָתוֹ. וְכֵן אִם קִנֵּא בְּלִי סִבָּה, לֹא בִּשְׁבִיל זֶה נֶאֱמַר שֶׁתִּהְיֶה קִנְאָתוֹ דָּבָר בָּטֵל. כִּי אָמְנָם אַף עַל פִּי כֵן נִמְחוֹק הַמְּגִלָּה וְנַקְרִיב כַּכָּתוּב בַּפָּרָשָׁה.

**Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash:**
והביא האיש את אשתו, we do not say that seeing that her husband had sat by silently while his wife had behaved unchastely, accusing her in his heart without saying a word, that this is proof of the husband’s bad attitude and we should therefore ignore his jealousy seeing he had allowed matters to get to the point where she had slept with another man; neither do we ignore his jealousy if she had not given him cause as something not worth paying attention to. We still subject her to the destruction (erasing) of the name of G’d (in the procedure the Torah will presently describe) in order to reveal the truth.


###### Sforno on Numbers 5:19:1
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**וְהִשְׁבִּיעַ.** שֶׁיֹּאמַר לָהּ שֶׁתְּקַבֵּל עָלֶיהָ שְׁבוּעַת הָאָלָה בִּתְנַאי זֶה.

**Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash:**
והשביע, the priest will tell her to accept the oath on condition that it (the procedure) will be the judge of her guilt or innocence.


###### Sforno on Numbers 5:19:2
[Sforno on Numbers 5:19:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sforno%20on%20Numbers/r/5:19:2)

**אִם לֹא שָׁכַב.** עַתָּה.

**Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash:**
אם לא שכב, now,


###### Sforno on Numbers 5:19:3
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**וְאִם לֹא שָׂטִית טֻמְאָה.** פְּעָמִים אֲחֵרוֹת.

**Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash:**
ואם לא שטית טומאה, and if you have not been guilty of defiling yourselves on other occasions of which your husband was totally unaware, and did not suspect you;


###### Sforno on Numbers 5:19:4
[Sforno on Numbers 5:19:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sforno%20on%20Numbers/r/5:19:4)

**הִנָּקִי.** מִפְּנֵי שֶׁכְּבָר נֶאֱמַר ״כִּי לֹא יְנַקֶּה ה׳ אֵת אֲשֶׁר יִשָּׂא אֶת שְׁמוֹ לַשָּׁוְא״ (שמות כ:ז), בְּאֹפֶן שֶׁאַף עַל פִּי שֶׁיִּשָּׁבַע הָאָדָם עַל אֱמֶת בִּשְׁבוּעַת הָאָלָה, הִנֵּה אִם יִהְיֶה הַדָּבָר בִּלְתִּי צָרִיךְ, כְּמוֹ הַנִּשְׁבָּע עַל הַיָּדוּעַ, לֹא יִנָּקֶה הַנִּשְׁבָּע מִן הָאָלָה. הִנֵּה אַתְּ שֶׁגָּרַמְתְּ לִהְיוֹת הַדָּבָר סָפֵק אֶצְלֵנוּ וּלְחַיֵּב עַצְמֵךְ בִּשְׁבוּעָה זוֹ, הָיָה רָאוּי שֶׁגַּם שֶׁתִּשָּׁבְעִי עַל הָאֱמֶת לֹא תִּנָּקִי. מִכָּל מָקוֹם קַבְּלִי אֶת הָאָלוֹת עַל זֶה הַתְּנַאי, שֶׁתִּנָּקִי מֵהֶם אִם לֹא שָׂטִית.

**Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash:**
הנקי, the reason why the Torah has to state something so obvious is that the Torah had already stated in Exodus 20,6 that no one causing the name of G’d to be mentioned needlessly will be completely innocent of that sin, and we might have thought that this woman, seeing she had sown doubt in the hearts of those who have to judge her had already become guilty of causing a needless oath, i.e. a needless mention of the holy name of G’d; the priest, i.e. the Torah, assures her that she has nothing to fear on that account.


###### Sforno on Numbers 5:20:1
[Sforno on Numbers 5:20:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sforno%20on%20Numbers/r/5:20:1)

**וְאַתְּ.** גַּם כֵּן קַבְּלִי עָלַיִךְ.

**Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash:**
ואת, accept it also.


###### Sforno on Numbers 5:20:2
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**כִּי שָׂטִית תַּחַת אִישֵׁךְ וְכִי נִטְמֵאת.** שֶׁתָּחוּל הָאָלָה בְּסִבַּת מַה שֶּׁשָּׂטִית וְנִטְמֵאת, וְלֹא בְּסִבָּה אַחֶרֶת. וּבִהְיוֹת הַסִּבָּה סָרָה וּבִלְתִּי אֲמִתִּית, לֹא יִהְיֶה שׁוּם חֲלוּת לְדִבְרֵי הָאָלָה.

**Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash:**
כי שטית תחת אישך וכי נטמאת, that the curse will apply on account of your having defiled yourself and for no other reason at all. However, if the reason you have to drink this proves to be a false accusation you have nothing to fear from this curse.


###### Sforno on Numbers 5:22:1
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**אָמֵן אָמֵן.** אֲנִי מְקַבֶּלֶת שְׁנֵי הַתְּנָאִים שֶׁאָמַרְתָּ, שֶׁאִם לֹא שָׂטִיתִי אִנָּקֶה, וְשֶׁאִם שָׂטִיתִי תָּחוּל הָאָלָה.

**Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash:**
אמן אמן. The reason she has to repeat the word אמן is that she thereby acknowledges that she accepts the verdict both if it is in her favour and if it would incriminate her.


###### Sforno on Numbers 5:28:1
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**וְנִקְּתָה.** מֵעוֹנֶשׁ הַשְּׁבוּעָה שֶׁגָּרְמָה, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״כִּי לֹא יְנַקֶּה״ (שמות כ:ז). הִנֵּה בָּזֶה הָעִנְיָן רָצָה הָאֵל יִתְבָּרַךְ שֶׁתִּנָּקֶה הָאִשָּׁה, כִּי הוּא יָדַע יִצְרֵנוּ.

**Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash:**
ונקתה, from the penalty that would apply for causing a needless oath. In this instance, G’d, Who knows the true circumstances, will certainly not consider this oath as having been a frivolous one.


###### Sforno on Numbers 5:29:1
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**זֹאת תּוֹרַת הַקְּנָאוֹת.** הַקִּנְאָה הַנַּעֲשֵׂית בְּדִין וְהַקִּנְאָה הַנַּעֲשֵׂית שֶׁלֹּא כַדִּין, וְזֶה בֵּאֵר בְּאָמְרוֹ **אֲשֶׁר תִּשְׂטֶה אִשָּׁה תַּחַת אִישָׁהּ וְנִטְמָאָה**, וְזוֹהִי קִנְאָה בְּדִין.

**Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash:**
זאת תורת הקנאות; jealousy which is legally approved on the one hand, and jealousy which is legally not approved. This becomes clear from the words אשר תשטה אשה תחת אישה ונטמאה, this is the example of the legally justified jealousy. The Torah goes on to write או איש אשר תעבור עליו רוח קנאה, as an example of legally unjustified jealousy.


###### Sforno on Numbers 5:29:2
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וְהוֹסִיף וְאָמַר **אוֹ אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר תַּעֲבֹר עָלָיו רוּחַ קִנְאָה.** וְזֶה בְּלִי סִבָּה רְאוּיָה לְכָךְ.


###### Sforno on Numbers 5:30:1
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**וְקִנֵּא אֶת אִשְׁתּוֹ.** יַתְרֶה בָּהּ שֶׁלֹּא תִסְתַּתֵּר מִכָּל מָקוֹם.

**Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash:**
וקנא את אשתו, warning her not to seclude herself with any man anywhere.


###### Sforno on Numbers 5:30:2
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**וְעָשָׂה לָהּ הַכֹּהֵן אֵת כָּל הַתּוֹרָה הַזֹּאת.** וְלֹא יָחוּשׁ לִמְחִיקַת הַמְּגִלָּה.

**Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash:**
ועשה לה הכהן את כל התורה הזאת, and he is not concerned with erasing the holy name of G’d on the scroll placed in the water.


###### Sforno on Numbers 5:31:1
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**וְנִקָּה הָאִישׁ מֵעָוֹן.** אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁחָשַׁד בִּכְשֵׁרָה, כִּי הִיא גָּרְמָה לוֹ שֶׁעָבְרָה עַל הַתְרָאָתוֹ וְגָרְמָה רַגְלַיִם לַדָּבָר, כְּאָמְרָם זִכְרוֹנָם לִבְרָכָה (שבת נו) ״לֹא קִבֵּל דָּוִד לָשׁוֹן הָרָע, דְּבָרִים הַנִּכָּרִים חֲזָא בֵּיהּ בִּמְפִיבֹשֶׁת״.

**Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash:**
ונקה האיש מעון, even though he had suspected his wife’s fidelity. The reason is that by her conduct she had given him just cause for such suspicions. Had she not ignored his warnings things would not have come to such a pass. We have our sages in Shabbat 56 on record that David did not accept badmouthing which was designed to make Mephiboshet appear as having been disloyal to him. He rather based himself on visual evidence. [This was Sh’muel’s interpretation of what had occurred. Rav disagrees with his assessment. Ed.]


###### Sforno on Numbers 5:31:2
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**וְהָאִשָּׁה הַהִיא תִּשָּׂא אֶת עֲוֹנָהּ.** שֶׁאִם נִטְמֵאת תָּמוּת, וְאִם לֹא נִטְמֵאת תִּתְבַּזֶּה לְעֵין כֹּל עַל שֶׁהֵעֵזָה פָּנֶיהָ לַעֲבוֹר עַל הַתְרָאַת בַּעְלָהּ וְנִסְתְּרָה.

**Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash:**
והאשה ההיא תשא את עונה, that if she had been guilty of adultery she would die, and if not, her public embarrassment at undergoing the procedure as a punishment for having had the effrontery to ignore her husband’s warning would be her punishment.